LONDON (UK) – England players will wear training shirts sporting the names of key workers before the start of the first test against the West Indies next month to honour their service during the COVID-19 pandemic, said the country’s cricket board on Monday.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said those nominated by local cricket clubs include teachers, doctors, nurses, social workers and carers.
The first test match is slated to begin in Southampton on July 8, with the last two matches at Old Trafford.
“As we get back to playing the game we love, we want to take the time to honour the brave key workers who went into bat for their country under the toughest circumstances,” England skipper Joe Root said in a statement.
“It’s only fitting that we use this series as an opportunity to ‘raise a bat’ in their honour. We’ll wear their names with pride.”
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